Meditations · Book VIII
Meditations, VIII, 11
Chapter 11 of Book VIII of the Meditations. First the passage as Stoïque shows it, after Long, 1862; then the whole chapter, word for word, in that edition, and the same chapter in French.
The passage in the app
This thing, what is it in itself, in its own constitution? What is its substance and material? And what its causal nature or form? And what is it doing in the world? And how long does it subsist?
— MARCUS AURELIUS · MEDITATIONS, VIII, 11
After Long, 1862 — modernized.
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The whole chapter in Long’s 1862 edition
This thing, what is it in itself, in its own constitution? What is its substance and material? And what its causal nature or form? And what is it doing in the world? And how long does it subsist?
Source: Project Gutenberg · corpus/sources/marcus-aurelius-meditations-long-1862.txt, l. 5023
In French
Qu’est ceci en soi-même et par sa propre constitution ? Quelle en est la substance et la matière ? Quel en est le principe efficient et formel ? Que fait-il dans le monde ? Combien de temps dure-t-il ?
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-couat-1904/livre-08.txt, l. 43
Cet objet que j’ai sous les yeux, quel est-il en lui-même et dans ses conditions propres ? Quelle est son essence, et quelle est sa matière ? Quelle est sa cause ? Et lui-même, que produit-il dans le monde ? Pour combien de temps existe-t-il ?
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-barthelemy-1876/livre-08.txt, l. 43
How to cite
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- Full form — full screen and large widgets
- — MARCUS AURELIUS · MEDITATIONS, VIII, 11
- Short form — small widget and Lock Screen
- — MEDITATIONS VIII, 11
- Minimal form — circular Lock Screen widget
- VIII·11
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